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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer... Joe Lycett learns his 2x great-grandfather joined the Royal Marines but this leads to a sinister discovery about his relative’s link to the Opium Wars.
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@jhunt5578 2 года назад

The Chinese all learn about the Opium wars and call the era "the century of humiliation". Yet many British people no little if nothing about it.

@ksc7957 2 года назад

The brits also responsible for many conflicts these day like in middle east and pakistan/india. Yet almost no british realize that

@lyndawilliams4570 9 месяцев назад

Why are they humiliated? They were simply victims of a terrible adversary

@jhunt5578 9 месяцев назад

@lyndawilliams4570 Read about the conflict they lose relative control over their country for a century

@farnarkleboy 25 дней назад

@@jhunt5578 Opium poppies grew all south east Asia .It was legal at the time in the UK and the rest of the empire and I've not read any accounts of it being a huge problem with it in the UK and other places. What was it about the economic or social conditions that chinese people lived under that made it so very attractive to them? I grew up with Opium poppies growing wild all around central Victoria , they were apparently planted by Chinese miners and herbalists, nobody really takes any notice of them here

@s._3560 2 года назад

Kudos to Joe to want to face the truth of what his ancestor did. People need to do more reflection of their impact in other countries and its consequences.

@piratesmileprod6533 2 года назад

Joe had nothing to do with the opium wars.

@bushwhacked7112 2 года назад

Mere cannon fodder for global finance, the same small group profit from misery to this day.

@GazB85 2 года назад

Conspiracy nonsense. It’s not the Jews as idiots always like to allude to. It was the British East India Company (EIC) and the British government once the EIC was nationalised and multinational corporations like Jardine Matheson and big banks like HSBC. It’s capitalism and has been since it began. Conspiracy crap gives capitalism a free pass, as it just blames some group (Big banks, the Jews etc.) instead of the whole rotten system.

@teslaandhumanity7383 2 года назад

Ps it’s not the soldiers fault , they were shot back then for not fighting.

@Moabi4 8 месяцев назад

No. Its the soldier's fault. You should choose to be killed than to be a mass murderer. There is literally no excuse for mass murdering Chinese people who did want British opium.

@AuspexAstarte 2 года назад

This is cool. Is this just a channel specific clip? What show is this i mean why does the officialchannel not have a source?

@prettypurple7175 Год назад

Silvia: To Protect the British "Merchant" interest/////

@susettesantiago5509 9 месяцев назад

Empires and their clothes…….never together…….because it’s impossible to lead humanity and be cowards at the same…….cowards

@anuragbohra9803 Год назад

Why not how Britain got “Hong Kong”.

@sepehrdaghbandan7964 2 года назад

Just doing his duty. Who else said that?

@piousaugustus84 2 года назад

The Nazis

@Jamesp1972 Год назад

Shocking we British should feel humilated by what we did

@kuitaranheatmorus9932 2 года назад

This is interesting

@luukh5229 2 года назад

id assumed that people knew about the opium wars

@GazB85 2 года назад

Not the UK, rarely mentioned on TV in detail and not taught about in school.

@blessingmasawi3616 11 месяцев назад

What responsible country would do this? Except Germany cause they lost, but the UK never lost so...

@sallieceelee5660 2 года назад

So his ancestor was a drug pusher? 3:50 "i'd like to think that Robert was just doing his duty and doing as he was told". In that case, he was a drug pusher's lackey... Such a "proud" legacy to have....

@andreabianchi6156 2 года назад

It's not like you had much choice back then, it's understandable.

@sallieceelee5660 2 года назад

@@andreabianchi6156 It's a choice that will be judged, for generations to come. He was not a slave, he had a choice. And there are consequences to that choice.

@TheMijman 2 года назад

@@sallieceelee5660 Calm down

@andreabianchi6156 2 года назад

@@sallieceelee5660 nah that's a load of bullshite. He didn't Have a choice, you were born in that place at that time, you didn't know anything else outside your little native town, to provide for your family you did as you were told.

@jiyeokersto8177 2 года назад

@@sallieceelee5660 with a requirement to fight for anyone over the age of 18 and the fact that you could be shot LEGALLY for not following orders, no. You didn't have many choices but to do as your told.

@amirmohammadnoormohammad5590 2 года назад

Remember Afghanistan 🇦🇫please.

@blessingmasawi3616 11 месяцев назад

So a cartel?

@prettypurple7175 Год назад

Robert////

@manflynil9751 2 года назад

And now the pigeons are coming home to roost for the British. Their masters are welcoming migrants with open arms.

@blessingmasawi3616 11 месяцев назад

They never colonised China how is this relevant here

@Marketmasters02 2 года назад

Dear friend who is reading this , we may not know each other but i wish you all the best in life✨. Stop blaming yourself accept the things and move forward. Your smile is precious🤗 all the keys of happiness are in your hands so open it up🔓 Love from a small RU-vidr💖💗🥰💖💖

@robertofranciscor.beltran5588 2 года назад

So does this justify China's atrocities in Tibet, Hong Kong, and the South China Sea today?

@owenhoong88 2 года назад

No, but it's none of your business, just like how during the opium war was between China and UK. No other nation helped China at that time. Don't act all superior and morale trying to champion human rights. Its disgusting to see that from UK